sâmbătă, 14 ianuarie 2017

BEIRUT — The guns have fallen silent near Syria’s capital, but war
still shapes the rhythm of life. First it was the price of food, which
have risen steadily over the years as the fighting spread to nearby
farmlands. Then came daily blackouts, affecting poor areas
disproportionately and leaving most reliant on generators. But for many
in Damascus, the loss of drinking water last month was hardest to take,
underscoring as it did the government’s fragile hold on its most
important resources as the more than five-year-old war turns in its
favor. Three weeks into the crisis, officials said on Friday that
repairs had begun on the facility that provided most of the capital’s
water before it was damaged Read More

Iraq makes swift territorial gains against IS in Mosul

MOSUL,
Iraq (AP) — Iraqi forces have won a string of swift territorial gains
in Mosul in the fight against the Islamic State group after months of
slow progress. Government troops retook the eastern edge of a third
bridge in Mosul Saturday and a cluster of buildings inside Mosul
university, according to a senior Iraqi officer overseeing the
operation.

Associated Press

Backlash against wealthy Tennessee white girl whose father cut her off over secret black lover

A
private high-school student from Tennessee who started a GoFundMe page
after her father allegedly cut her off for dating a black boy has been
accused of racism. Allie Dowdle, 18, claims her father flew into a rage
when he learnt that she had fallen for African American Michael Swift.
Ms Dowdle started her page with the goal of raising $10,000 (£8,200),
which she said will pay for her first year of college.

International Business Times UK

Steve Harvey meets with Donald Trump

On
Jan. 13, talk show host Steve Harvey met with President-elect Donald
Trump at Trump Tower. Harvey discussed how he and the administration can
“team up” to try to bring “some positive change in the inner cities.”

Yahoo News Video

Did Germany Make America and Russia's Nuclear Attack Submarines Obsolete?

The
German Navy was a pioneer in large-scale submarine warfare, its U-boats
able to contest the United Kingdom’s superior navy in ways that German
surface warships could not. While modern-day Germany no longer has the
ocean-spanning naval ambitions of its predecessors, it has become a
global leader in designing small, stealthy submarines that can
effectively patrol littoral waters at a fraction of the cost of
nuclear-powered submarines. The secret sauce in the new generation of
German submarines is the use of hydrogen fuel cells for power, which
allows submarines to operate nearly silently for weeks at a time without
using expensive nuclear reactors. During World War I and II, submarines
were

The National Interest

Serbia sends train to Kosovo north despite Pristina protest

BELGRADE,
Serbia (AP) — Serbia on Saturday launched a railway service to
Serb-dominated northern Kosovo despite protests from the government in
Pristina which called it a provocation and an aggressive violation of
its sovereignty.